The design work will also look to add a traffic light at Murphy Memorial Drive/Narragansett Road/Sea Street intersection.

“It is very difficult to turn left out of the Hockey Rink, a.k.a. Murphy Memorial Drive. This traffic light will be synced with the light at Ginger Betty’s, which will become a pedestrian light,” Laforest said.

A similar solution will be looked at for Braintree Ave/Albatross Road/Sea Street area, where a pedestrian light will be installed and then synced up with the light at Palmer Street.

Finally, there might be potential for a bump out at Curlew Road to improve sight lines to get on Sea Street.

The study funding will be voted on in subcommittee most likely in January, and if funding is approved, the project put out to bid with specifications in the first few months of the year.

Funding for the project is slated to come from the Public Works Traffic fund.

Laforest hopes that from there, the public vetting process can begin.

“We’ll host meetings with neighborhood association and go back around the table to get their input, then finish up the design and implementation,” she said. “Hypothetically [we’ll use] a lot of local knowledge about how it’s being utilized vs. what might work for a street in that neighborhood.”

Loforest wasn't sure where the money for construction will come from, and officials from the mayor’s office did not immediately return calls for comment.

A timeline for the construction is also up in the air.

“We’ll see when the design comes out; that will drive the timeline,” Laforest said.

Regardless of how it is funded - through state aid or entirely from the city -- Laforest said city officials are committed to seeing a project that has been needed for too long.

“Where is the funding coming from is another layer of difficulty. But we know we need this improvement…we’re committed to getting that done,” Laforest said.